Mechanical movement.



F. E. RGHARBS.

BGHANIG AYPLIUATIQB ULEB APB. ze, 190s.

v AI. MOVEMENT` RENEW:

D SEPT. 28, 1908.

Patfene c';

F.' E. RICHARDS.

MEGHAMCAL MQVBMENT.

AEPLIUA'MQN FILED MR. 2s, 1903. BBNEWBD SEPT. 2s, 190s.

@1, Patented 0ct.2'?,1908. 'f l 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

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i the mechanism or machine in which tlie prescapable of a shifting movement for A pose of bringing it into predetermined posisuits, each selected member when so shifted .therefore chosen so much of a typographie the present illustrated embodiment the supwide variety of machines and mechanisms l which embody a plurality of members each 1 the purtion. In practice, moreover, each such member or part on which it is supported is usually're uired to be so related ,to the guide faces Whic i determine the character of the shifting movement as to enable it to be freely movedtherealong. To secure the best reto approximately its final or Working posi.- tion should. be accurately precisionized as to position and rigidly held during such period as the member performs its work., Such conditions and requirements prevail in many I classes of 'typographie machines, and l have machine as includes a carrier, a plurality of adjustable inipressors mounted thereon, and mechanism for effecting the adjustment of the carrier to bring a selected impressor into alinement with the working point, which i impressor is then shifted toward the. working l oint and finally there precisionized and neld preparatory to the performance by it of the work for which it is designed.

The various operative parts comprised in ent mechanical movement is embodied are mountec upon a suitable support and supl porting fixtures of such shape and proportion as are determined to a large extent by the particularl machine or mechanism in whose construction and organization an 'embodiment of the present invention enters.v in

port aforesaid is afforded by a frame or casing, which is designated in a generalA Way by l5.

l mount the selective devices as a whole upon a part or support at least capableof rotation about an axis, and have combined withsuch support in roper coperative relation therewith suitable mechanism whereby a articular devicechosen from/the pluraliti' tnfr'eof may be broughtinto the vertical p ane of the working point (assu'iriing the axis of the support to be disposed vertically) 5 and subsequently shifted relatively to the l sup ort untilit reaches o'r is adjacent to the Worliing point. ln the present embodiment the carrier or support, designated in a general i Way by 30, is capable only of a movement of l rotation', though as aforesaid thepresent inven-tion is not limited its sco e of applicacation tota support capable on y of rotation about its own axis. l

For the convenient mounting and impartation of, angular or rotary movement to the. carrier 3() it may be mounted. as shown, this mounting comprising a shaft 40 which in l this4 instance is disposed vertically and l mounted adjaeent to its lower end in a beari ingei formed in the frame i5 and at its upf rier is located.

per end in a bearing 42 in an overhanging )racket 43 fixedly secured as by screws 44 to the upper portion of such frame and constituting a shield or hood within. which the car- `Shoulder 2, 2 between the main ortion of the shaft 40 and reduced journa portions thereof constitutes means for maintaining the shaft in its proper vertical position. The carrier 30 may be attached to its shaft in any proper manner, in this case a key 39 rigidly connects the two.

It may here be premised that the various devices which are capable ofbeing located selectively at the given or fixed point are disposed circumferentially of the carrier and ience the rotary movement of the carrier shaft will cause these circumferentially disposed devices to pass through the vertical plane of the given point.

The plurality of adjustable Work performing devices in the nature of typographie impressors, are designated without discrimination by 24. These' impressoi's are mounted uplon slides such as 27, one to each slide. T e slides are mounted in guideways in the circumferential portion of the carrier 30.

When a selected slide shall have taken its adjusted position through the operation of means, hereinafter described .in detail, it is subjected to various forcesin consequence of* the working of the impr-essor located thereon, .the line ofapplication of these forces being 3 more or less transverse to the line of length l of the slide. For the pur ose of best resisting the forces incident to t e performance by the impressor ofits work, the walls of each siideway in the carrier coinprisea pair of thrust-receiving faces 33 located well toward the outer portion of the guideway and adapted to be contacted by correspondingly inclined faces 35 on op Preferably the inclination of these Ifaces to the longitudinal axis of the associated slide is equal in order to afford symmetry of action and reaction. The faces extend from end to end of the 4slideway in the carrier. 4 In respect to their angle as seen in cross-section it posite sidesof the slide.`

is not contemplated that the same shall be an angle so acute as to result in the wedging of the slide under forcible com ression in the slidewayin which it is locate but that the angle shall be sufficiently obtuse to cause the slide is extended well toward the center of the carrier. It is this rear or shank portion of the slide that operates not only to steady the working impressor, but also to effectuvproxiinately a full' rotation to the thc selected slide in alinement with the'vvorking point, the shifting of the slide to approximately locate the impressor thereat, the preeisionizing of the impressor and the perform* ance thereby of the Work for which it is illesigned, shall all occur during at least one ifull rotation of the cam sleeve 18, that is, for a single vibration oi the rock arm 2( sullicieiit to release the clutch arm i9 and again rengege therewith when it has nearly completed. a single revolution. The ratio of movement of the shaft 4() relatively to the cani sleeve i8 is therefore greater than. unity. ln further explanation it shouldhere be stated that the shifting movement of the selected slide in its slideway is not begun until the cam sleeve has moved sufficiently to at leest impart ap 'slide carrier in order to assure the bringing of the selected slide, whatever its position on the carrier, into line with the Working point.

A. irietional driving de'iice is interposed between the cam sleeve and' the carrier shsit.

to permit the former to continue-its rotary movement even though the latter is restrained from movement by a set stop pin. In this instance the spiral gear 46 is loosely mounted upon the carrier shalt, driving the same through a friction washer 127 in contact with the hub ol the gear and a 'washer .128 while it split collar .129 is adjustahly engaged with the shaft lor regulating the fric.- tion. V

Immediately upon the arrival ol' the -flected slide in line with the workings point and after the motion of the rotating carrier has been arrested by thel engagement of thc sto arm 54 with the ro'ected sion iin in l ltudinal adjustment.

the manner hercinbeiore described.,means will engage with the slide to eilect its longirlhe means for accomplishing such shitting movement is in this instance. in the natnrc of an actuator arm 7S having a projecting pin Si with a socket 2i) fornicd in a projection 28 on the slide. 'lhe arm '78 is swungi inward to cause its pin to engage with the socket on the slide through the instrumentality oic a cam i 89 aflixed to the cani sleeve 3. 'lhe cam opera-tes to actuate thc arm through a link 87 upon 4which is mounted an antiiiriction. roller 88 against which the cam is adapted to beer, this being. assured b a returningspring 133. That end. of the liniiivhich is adjacent 'to the cam sleeve is bifureatei-l to eiiibriice the sleeve while the other end of the link is connected to an arm Si through a pivot connection 85, while :i joint SG whose axis is suhstantially atvright angles to that ot' the pivot connection may be interposed at some point in the link to preclude the cramping' of the erts.

'F ie longitudinal movement oi the link isv transmitted from the arm Se to the actuator arm 7S to cause the pin on the ,latter to enfidnpted to engage l l l i gege or be disengagediroiri the societ on the slide, although leaving the arr-eater um to'shiit the slide in its giiiclewsy. The con struction disclosed for this a rotatable longitudinally movable shaft 'i9 to one end of which the actuator arm is et tached, while the erin Se' is secured to e sleeve SQ'splined to the shaft 79 and rotatable'but longitudinally immovable in a bracket 10Q secured at the rear of the inclosin easing, as by screws 110. Assumin now t at the nelv tuzitor arm is engaged with the slide, the letter is now ready to be shifted in its gulden/sy to bring the impression device thereon to the working point. This is accomplished in the organization disclosed by lifting the shaft 79 and with vit the actuator erm. -'l.`his'liitng of the erm is accomplished through a snit' able cem device. In the present instance the reciprocation of the shaft is accomplished by a cem slot 91 in e cem disk 92 sind ot" such configuration es to not only ,ositivel1 move the slide in each direction but also, W ile the slide remains et rest in its two ,extreme positions, to lock the slide movement. The cem slot serves to actuate a lever 93 iillcrumed to an upright 94 on the stop pin annulus 56 end having at one end a pin 95 entering thecam slot, the opposite end of the lever being bifnrcated and having' pins 96 extendin in wiiidly from the sido portions of the bifnrcated part inte enannnlar groove 97 between sci arated collars on the shaft 79 l Such ing the construction, it is plein, assuming the cam slot to be ot' the proper contour, that s single rotation of the cam sleeve' is effective to cause an upward movement of the shaft 79 and snbseeuently a returnthereof to its normal or lowermost position. The cam slot is moreover of such configuration as to euse a dwell during portions of the time consumed in each single rotation of the cani sleeve, s

purpose comprisesdu'ell occurring' when the shaft 79 is et each extreme position ot its reciprocatory move ment. During one of these temporary periods ci" rest, to wit, the one corresponding to.

that position ot the shaft in wliic the saine is in its lowei'most position the 'engagement ot the pin on the arm'TS with the socket on the alincd slide will be effected and during the other temporary cessation of longitudinal movement of the slide, the adjustable:

member, that is, the liin'prcssor on the slide, will he positioned hy the actuator erin ep* proximatcly et the Working point preceding the performance ofthe Work which it is Conteinplated that it shell do. Prior to' the execution oi such work, however, it .is desirable in practice in order that satisfactory results shall be obtained, that an adjustable Work performing member (impressor) shouldl be more precisely located or precisionized in its 'delinitc Werl-zing: position than by the mere shittingr ol a slide which must .necessarily he slidably Ylitted to its ways to permit it to be on' iba slide-1,

n min f the presserl arm irst releasing the actuator' the cam slot 91 and the im )ressor on the slide brought substantially to t e workingv point.

-The cam 26 now comes into action rocking the combined precisionizing and presser arm 100 until the socket 99 thereon engaging with the projection-98 on the edge of the actuator arm, the latter is thereupon forced inarm through the action of spring 134. After this the shaft 79 is caused to descend, the

. slide drawn downward (assuming that the actuating pressureon the key lever is re-I leased) and. the cam face 2l on the rock arm 22 contacting withl the clutch arm. 19, Withdraws the same from engagement with the actuating pin .17. The parts are new ready for passing through another cycle of movements as before.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination with a plurality of adjustable Work. erforming members, of a carrier, a plurality of slides supporting said Work-performing members and mounted on said carrier, means for selecting a slide to the exclusion of the others, means for shifting the said slide and locating the selected member'thereon in the approximate working position of the said member, and a device for engaging the shifting means fonrccurately precisionizing the position of the slide and the work performing member and for rigidly holding the same during the Working thereof.

2. The combination with a carrier, of a plurality4 of slides mounted to be freely shiftable thereon, a selective mechanism, a locator for shifting the selected slide to approximately a predetermined position, and a precisionizing device operative upon the shifting device for com ellingv the same to give to the selected slide lts final position.

3. Thecombination with a carrieil provided with a plurality of guideways each having convergent faces adjacent to its mouth, of a slide fitted to each guideway to be lfreely shiftable therethrough, a selective mechanism, a locator for shifting the selected slide to approximately its predetermined 0- sition, and a precisionizing device for ten engaging said locator for giving to the slide V itsfinal position and wedging it in ythe guideway.

Ways each having convergent faces adjacent 4. The combination with an adjustable carrier provided with a plurality of guideceases to its mouth, of a slide fitted'to each guideway to be freely shiftabley therethrough, a selective mechanism, a locator for'shifting the selected slide to approximately its predetermined position, and a precisionizing device for then engaging said locator for giving the slide its final position and wedging it in the guideway.

`5. The combination with an adjustable carrier, of a pluralityof slides mounted to be freely shiftable thereon, work performing members lon the slides, a selective meclranism, locating means adapted to engage with a selected slide and shift the work performing member thereon toits approximate Working position, a combined precisionizer and locker for then engagingA the locating means and accurately positioning and rigidly holding the precisionized slide means and means for operating the locating means and the pre'- cisionizer in proper sequence.

6. The combination with a plurality of slides, of Ways on which the slides are shittable, work performing members mounted on the slides, selective mechanism, a locator for shifting a selected slide for thereby locating the work-performing member'thereon in its approximate workmg position, a shde precisiomzer for engaging the locator and pressing,

the slide in its Ways, a driving shaft and cams operative therefrom for effecting a sequential operation of the locator and precisionizer.

'7.'v The combination with a plurality of slides supporting Work-,performing members,

of a selective mechanism, van actuator arm adapted to engage with a selected slide, means for then shifting the actuator arm and with it the engaged slide, and a precisionizer arm for finally precisionizing the position of the adj ustedslide and for engaging the actuator arm.' y.

'8. The'combination with a plurality ofslides sup orting Work-performing members and shifta le in Ways, of a selective mechanism, an actuator arm adapted to engage with a selected slide, means for then shifting the actuator arma d with it the engaged slide, and a precisionizing arm adapted to exert a pressure upon the actuator arm 'and press vthe slide to its ways. i

9. The combination with a plurality el" slides supporting Work-performing members,

of a selective mechanism, an actuator arm common to all the slides and adapted to engage .with a selected slide, means for then shifting the actuator arm and. with it the engaged slide, a precisionizing arm oscillatory to engage the actuator arm and coperative therewith, and a projection on one arm having inclined'walls adapted to, enter a socket on the other arm.

10. The combination with a plurality of vslides supporting work-performing members,

of a selective-xnecha11ism comprisinga plumg the pre. @ont/.zing

ma me` a, sini@ @r ann means fo rcasngg *the jnfmmng means; rwsms for retuxnmg @he gympen ami :www

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' its drivel to precisionize the slide.

receive the slide lwhere teken from' them end means for returning the erm to its initizrl position.

21. The combination with en erm orgenized to enga e e slide shifteble in weys, of n slidefrom en idle to e, Working position and return it to idle position, :ind to hold it at working' position; si member controlledv by one of the drivers to engage the erm, after-it slide to Working position,

has shifted the precisionize the erm end cause the semeA to precisioni-ze the slide and e einst the slide end the slide into its Ways Wile held et working position by the control of the shifting means the slideto the hold of the erm before the return shift.' f

22. The combination with e reciprocstory rock-shaft, or" en erm mounted upon the rocksheft and orgnized teengarge e slide sbiitble in Ways; n plurality oi connected drivers; means controlled by one oi' the drivers to rock the shaft end cause the arm to engage Athe slide loosely; nieens controlled by one of the drivers to impart en excursion to the rock-shaft while held in its rocked -position by its driver; e rock-shaft; en arm thereon to. engage the slide-engaging erm and means controlled by one oi the drivers to rock the vshalt end ceuse the erm toengege the slidoengaging; .firm after the excursion to the reciprocatury rock-sheit end While so held by 23. The combination with e reciprocetory rock-shaft, of en erm mounted upon the rock.

shaft end organized toengege e slide shiftable in ways; e eem-shaft; e plurality of cem-Wheels upoiv the she-ft; ineens controlled by acem ieee on one of the wheels to rock the shaft and cause the arm to engage the slide loosely; means controlled by e cam fece on one of eursion to the rock-shaft while held in its locked position .by en idle fece of its cemsplined upon the wheel; s. rock-shaft; en erm thereon to engege `the slide-engaging erm; :rnd means controlled b e cam fece of one of the wheels to rock the s raft end ceusc the arm to engage 'the slide-engaging ermeiter the excursion to v-the rock-shaft and While sovlicld, by an idle face of its cam Wheel, to preeisionize the erm and cause the seine to prccisionize the slide.

24. The combination with e shaft, oli-en actuator mounted upon the shziit; e sleeve shaft and incesing e conportion thereof e casing surround eene acting es e, bearing and the sidllreble ing the s dan j 'am the arm,

driver and to release the Wheels to'inipzirt en exe the seme during the Working thereof.

to shiit the slide 'while loosely engaging it,

and ineens ior csi-using the erm to tightly engage the seid slide.

2G. The combination with an erm, of a. slide, means for cruising the erm to loosely engage said slide, ineens for causing the erm to shift the slide while loosely engaging it,

means for causing the firm to tight y engage the seid slide, and means .for returning the gripping erm While in loose engagement With the slide. v

27. The combination with a plurality of` ndjustnble Worit-performing members, of a carrier, a number *of slides supporting seid Worit-performing members 'sind shiftably mounted upon seid ceri-ier', ineens for selecting e slide to the exclusion of the others, means for shifting the sti-id slide sind locating s. selected member thereon in approximately the Working position of seid member, and a. device lor eccuretelyprecisioning the position of the slide emb'the selected Workeperforming member thereon forrigidly holding 28. Thecmnbinetion Witlre carrier, of s.

plurality oilv slides mounted to be freely' shiftitble thereon, selective mechanism, e locator for shifting the selected slide to n proxiinfrtely n, predetermined position, stm` a precisioner operative for bringing the `seme to its iinel lposition 29. The combination with e carrier, of e plurality of slides mounted to be freely shift-l eble thereon., e plurality of selective devices carried by erich slide, selectors for seid de" vi es, means controlled by the selectors for shifting the carrier,l e locs-tor for shifting e selected slide to' approximately e predetermined position, s' lrecisioniz'cr for bringing seid slide to its iine position, and ineens con t'rollcd by the selector for sequentially actuating seid locutor and precisionizer.

30. The combination with a plurality 0f shiitable slides, of selective mechanism, ineens controlled by the selective meehnism for shifting s selected slide to approximately its Working position, and Ineens for bringing seid slide to its precise working posit-ion.

Signed. at Nos. 9-15`l\lurray St., New York, N. Y., this 21st dey of April, 1903. 

